Societal Conclusions

Throughout the movie, it is clearly shown that privacy is not necessarily a thing in this society. Here are some specifics:

• Supernatural beings have their minds read to obtain visuals and audio on murders

• These recordings are saved in full to allow people with access to review them, exposing potentially detrimental information regarding an innocent party.

• Advertisements are targeted, even in public. Billboards and posters will call people by their name, showing that basic information privacy essentially doesn't exist.

• People are not required to consent to a search of their personal space, even if said person is a completely innocent party.

• At the end of the movie, Anderton hacks into displays all over the city to expose his former director for his crimes, questioning the ethicallity of hacking a broadcast to expose someone.

• Individuals are not welcomed to a trial, and their fate is determined purely by the Precog vision. This brings up the question if an innocent person could be imprisoned for a self defense incident, or if the sight is even real.

• Is it ethical to search someone based purely on suspicion that there may be a link to a crime even if said person is completely unaware of the on going case?

  • In the movie during the major apartment complex search scene, it appears innocents are used to such investigations, as when scanned they proceed as if nothing happened.

• When individuals are convicted, they are placed in a prison cell that puts them into a "Cryogenic-like" state. Is it ethical to treat people this way? Are traditional prisons more or less ethical?